{"id":22549,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-usage-review-knock-on-wood\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:49","slug":"english-usage-review-knock-on-wood","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-usage-review-knock-on-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"English Usage Review: \u201cKnock on wood\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In common English, what is meant by <strong>Knock on wood<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>slightly unwell or upset<\/li>\n<li>said to hope that good luck continues<\/li>\n<li>to be remembered as important in the future<\/li>\n<li>supporting or approving something<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22549","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Knock on wood<\/strong> means <strong>said to hope that good luck continues<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe expressing a wish that nothing bad will happen.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>I have not missed a class this month, <strong>knock on wood<\/strong>.<\/li><li>The team is playing well, <strong>knock on wood<\/strong>.<\/li><li>My old bicycle still works, <strong>knock on wood<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"slightly unwell or upset"},{"right":"yes","answer":"said to hope that good luck continues"},{"right":"no","answer":"to be remembered as important in the future"},{"right":"no","answer":"supporting or approving something"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22549"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22549"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}